The new Sportmax Qualifier replaces the outgoing D208 and sits neatly between the surviving D208RR and the sport touring D220ST. It's fair to assume, though, that far stickier, more track-focused adaptations will arrive to generate the racing

it was the end of September it was my first time on track with my trusty ABS Fireblade. Quite how this shocking situation has arisen, I’m not sure.It was also a first opportunity to try out my recently fitted Dunlop Sportmax tyres. They’ve been mega on the road

Ex-Surtees racebike...yours for only £25,000!A BIKE that once belonged to ex-world champion John Surtees is up for sale for £25,000.It's an original NSU Sportmax racing machine, sold by NSU's Wilhelm Herz to Glenn Henderson (who was in partnership

to Dunlop's test facility at Mireval in the South of France and for the track test all the bikes were fitted with identical Dunlop Sportmax Qualifier tyres. The circuit was specifically designed to develop and test tyres and has a huge array of corners

Sportmax Qualifiers that are on the 1090RR. It's amazing how much different a tyre makes. The 990R felt nervous; it had the same sharp throttle response as the 1090RR, which is a good thing, but it felt a little too on edge, mainly due to the tyres.It feels

Fantastic. It’s raining.Not only are the Dunlop Sportmax tyres on my VFR 1200 in their element in these snotty, normally treacherous conditions (they steam at the end of a ride - how cool is that?) but our long term Ford Ranger pick-up has become a

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were on, but its front-end gives you so much feedback, you can feel every bump and change of surface.The 1090RR is fitted with Dunlop Sportmax Qualifers as standard and they're well-suited to the bike's character, it all gels together well. On the 990R

, activated by a radial brake master cylinder. At the rear, a single-piston caliper does its thing on a 240-mm brake disc.WHEELSExtra-sticky Sportmax GPR a-10 sport tyres from Dunlop are fitted to extra-lightweight, black lacquered, light alloy wheels from

down at moderate angles of lean, but the Dunlop Sportmax tyres suit the bike well and give plenty of grip. Suspension-wise, the re-valved inverted forks and single shock coped well with sany sort of surface - smooth or otherwise. Likewise the Brembo